No Onion No Garlic Matar Pulao | Peas Pulao
Matar pulao also known as peas pulao is a quick and easy rice recipe. This is a no onion no garlic recipe and gets ready under 20 minutes. I made this one pot pulao in pressure cooker. But you can even cook this pulao on stove top or in a rice cooker or Instant pot.
Servings 4 People
Ingredients
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 2 cup water
- 1/4 cup green peas
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 tablespoon ghee
- 2 cardamom pods crushed
- 3 cloves
- 4-5 black peppercorns
- 1 tablespoon pulao masala
- 1 inch cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon kasuri methi
- 1 teaspoon salt as per taste
Instructions
- Wash the Basmati rice and keep aside for 15 minutes.
- In a pressure cooker, add ghee.
- After ghee gets heated, add the cumin seeds, bay leaves, cloves, black peppercorns, cinnamon and crushed cardamon pods.
- Add the green peas and fry for 5 minutes.
- Add the pulao masala and mix well.
- Next step is to add the Basmati rice, so add washed Basmati rice, mix everything nicely and let it cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Add 2 cups water, kasuri methi, salt to taste and mix well.
- Close the pressure cooker and keep on the whistle/weight.
- After 3 whistles turn off the cooker.
- Open after cooling. Serve with raita/dal or eat as is.
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Notes
- You might need to increase/decrease the number of whistles depending on the type of cooker you use. I used a 2-litre pressure cooker and hence took 3 whistles for 1 cup basmati rice.
- Rice to water ration should always be 1:2 when cooking rice in pressure cooker. So if you add 1.5 cups of rice, then add 3 cups of water.
- Always use the same cup for measuring rice and water.